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St. Margaret's School Early Childhood Education Workshop

This is a four part workshop series offering lectures, workshops, for parents, educators and community members to participate in to learn and share knowledge about how children learn. The workshops are free to the...

Strong Beginnings - Supporting Educators

In October 2010, 30 Early Childhood Educators were funded for professional development. This was an opportunity to bring educators together to discuss strategies for teaching, kindergarten transition and foundations...

Early success in school is significantly increased when children have had at least a thousand books read to them by the time they are 5 years-old. Literacy development is enhanced and emotional bonds are strengthened...

Creating Bridges to Community - Camosun College

This project will bring together one or two staff from 15 local ECE programs for a discussion group that will meet for a four-hour session monthly over the course of a year. Discussion will focus on topics that can...

Early Childhood Networks

Local Early Childhood Networks: Victoria/Saanich, Peninsula, Esquimalt, Gulf Islands and Sooke/Westshore are allocated funds to support local community planning, and promote information-sharing, coordination and...

Lighthouse Parent - 1 Up Single Parent Resource Centre

Lighthouse Parent is an innovative suite of 3 - 8 week parenting courses that develop the innate capacity of isolated, low income single parents to meet their child's fundamental need for a close, nurturing parent-...

Parent-Child Mother Goose

Parent Child Mother Goose is an 8-10 week early literacy program where parents learn songs, rhymes, and stories to share with their young children. The program promotes parent-child attachment, builds parental...

Peninsula Connections for Early Childhood - Professional Development Program

PCEC will host two professional development events for early learning and care providers on the Saanich Peninsula, one in May, 2013, and the other in late November, 2013. The audience for these events is comprised of...

Salt Spring Island Play Tour

The Early Years Play Tour is a community initiative organized by the Coalition for Children and Families of the Southern Gulf Islands. This event is an opportunity for families to learn about different local,...

Quick Fact

Investing in Early Childhood Development is Good Fiscal Policy...

Economists have calculated that for every dollar invested in promoting early childhood supports and services including child care, at least two dollars are saved in later social costs. If that dollar is invested in children who are at risk, we can witness a future financial savings of up to $7 for every dollar invested.

Funding Opportunities

Community Gaming Grants Capital Projects FundingEligible organizations will have from August 1 until September 30, 2017, to submit their applications. Applications in the capital projects sector will be competitively adjudicated, with consideration also given to regional distribution, representation of the six community gaming grant sectors, project size and Aboriginal inclusion. Detailed eligibility criteria will be released in the summer.

Lifelong Connections Fund! The Lifelong Connections fund provides up to $4,500 to support events and activities that raise awareness of the need for permanency for Indigenous and Métis children and youth in foster care. All Indigenous and Métis organizations in BC who provide child and family services can apply! Click here for further information. Application deadline is September 13th, 2017.o What is "permanency"? When kids can’t live with their family, they need other adults to step in and provide permanency for them. Permanency means a child or youth has a secure place in a family and a lifelong commitment from at least one adult who can offer them love, guidance, a sense of belonging, and a connection to their culture and heritage. Sometimes permanency means legal adoption (including Aboriginal custom adoption), permanent guardianship, moral adoption, or a significant lifelong relationship with a relative or family friend.

Vancity Social enterprise grants. "Experience tells us that sometimes social enterprises need grant support as well as financing, in order to progress from concept to growth. That’s why we provide grants for eligible social enterprises operated by not-for-profit organizations, co-operatives or First Nations/Métis government organizations". Learn more about the grant programs: http://www.vancity.com/AboutVancity/InvestingInCommunities/Grants/GrowingTheSocialEconomy/

Now Closed: Success By 6, South Vancouver Island Community Grants are now open! Applications are due at 4pm on June 23rd. Find the Application and Funding Criteria under the PDF section or email Lisa Fenton, Regional Coordinator at successby6svi@gmail.com.